Millstone



R- MOGDY,

HULSTom.r r

' Patented Apr. 4,18 82..

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PATENT OFFICE.

RUFS MOODY, OF NORTH MONMOUTH, MAINE.

vM I LLSTON E.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 255,880, dated April 4,1882. I

Application ledFebruaI-y 26, 1880.

To all whom it may concern:

YBe it known that I, RUFUS MOODY, a citizen of the United States,residing at North Monmouth, in the county of Kennebec and State ofMaine, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Mllstones;and I do hereby declare the following to be a full., clear, and exactdescription ot' the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of referencemarkedV thereon, which form a part of this speeication.

Figure l is a bottom plan view of the runner. Fig.2 is a section onthelinex, Fig. l; and Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view ot' thebedstone.

Corresponding parts in the several figures are denoted by like lettersof reference.

Thisinvention relates to millstones; and it consists in certainimprovements in the same, which will be hereinafter fully described, andparticularly pointed out in the claim.

In the drawings hereto annexed, A represents the runner-stone, havingthe eye b and furrowed with radial grooves a, which slant from theperiphery of the stone to the eye.

The intermediate ridges consist of the outerV facets or skirts,0,\vhicl1 are level, and from the inner margins ofwhich the said ridgesslant down toward the eye, as at d, Fig. 2.

In Fig.1thc facets a, c, and d are indicated by l, 2, and 3,respectively.A The facets d (or 3) are furrowed tangentially, as shown.

A is the bed-stone, which is level and provided With radial furrows.

Having now described my invention, I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent of the United States- As an improvement in rnillstones,the com:` binationof the plane or level bed-stone with therunner, havingslanting radial furrows, and intermediate ridges, havin glevel or planeskirts and slanting tangentially-furrowed facets, as herein shown andspecified. Q

1n testimony whereofI afh'x my signature in presence of two witnesses.

Y RUFUS MOODY.

` Witnesses:

D. Y. MOODY, J osrAH L. ORCUTT.

